Transformative social science? Modes of engagement in climate and energy solutions

Haarstad, Håvard; Sareen, Siddharth; Wanvik, Tarje I.; Grandin, Jakob; Kjærås, Kristin; Oseland, Stina Ellevseth; Kvamsås, Hanna; Lillevold, Karin; Wathne, Marikken

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2018.03.021

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“…Finally, this study illustrates that social scientists in energy research can contribute to tackling climate and energy issues by engaging with cities (Haarstad et al, 2018). Collaboration with researchers can be beneficial for cities as it offers them an opportunity to profit from scientific know-how when designing and evaluating such behaviour change programmes.…”

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Teaming up for sustainability: Promoting sustainable mobility behaviour through sports clubs in Switzerland

Moser

Frick

Seidl

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Energy Research & Social Science

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Individual behaviour plays an important role in sustainable transport, however, daily mobility habits are difficult to change. Collaborating with formal social groups such as sports clubs appears to be an effective strategy to motivate participation in behaviour change programmes, but there is a lack in empirical work that systematically compares targeting groups and targeting individuals in such efforts. This paper reports on a quasi-experiment in the field offering this comparison. It was implemented in a programme of a Swiss city motivating sportspeople to attend sports training sessions by bike instead of by car. The programme addressed sports teams (n=187) and individuals exercising at gyms (n=31). Surveying modes of transport before, during, directly after, and a few months following the programme revealed that team members significantly reduced car use to training sessions during the programme. Social norms impacted team members' decisions to travel by car less frequently. In contrast, individual participants' car use to attend gym sessions was not affected by the programme. We conclude that formal social groups such as sports clubs are potentially effective multipliers and motivators for environment-friendly mobility programmes. More research is needed on how behavioural changes during the programme translate into long-term habitual changes.

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confidence: 88%

Teaming up for sustainability: Promoting sustainable mobility behaviour through sports clubs in Switzerland

Moser

Frick

Seidl

et al. 2019

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…This deep participant observation follows in the tradition of Flyvbjerg (1998), who entered "behind the closed doors of government and interest-group decision-making" (7), as well as ideas of coproduction of knowledge drawn from postnormal science (Funtowicz and Ravetz 1993). This does not mean that the dual role as researcher and planner is unproblematic, but there are established traditions that help maneuver the complexities of this role (Haarstad et al 2018). These traditions recognize that knowledge about complex, dynamic, and uncertain social interactions and processes has to be generated through interactions and dialogue between diverse experiences, values, and worldviews (Lang, Wiek, and von Wehrden 2017) "in the course of acting" (Steyaert and Jiggins 2007, 727).…”

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Populism, Instability, and Rupture in Sustainability Transformations

Wanvik

Haarstad

2021

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

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The recent surge in populist politics in Europe and North America has challenged many of the policies aimed at advancing sustainable shifts. In this article we argue that this surge necessitates a rethinking of transition and transformation. The mainstream perspective on transitions understands it largely as the proliferation and upscaling of innovative technologies and policy frameworks. We recast sustainability transitions and transformations as continuous processes of assembly and disassembly, driven by rupture and instability. Rather than seeing populist resurgence as a "barrier" to change toward sustainability, we argue that these ruptures and instabilities should be considered inherent to the transformation process itself. The recent local election in Bergen, Norway, witnessed the surge of a new "anti-elite" political party dedicated to protesting road tolls that finance public transport. We hold that although such movements certainly pose challenges to sustainable transitions, they also provide opportunities for revitalizing democratic politicsmoving beyond postpolitical managerial governance and inviting new concerns into local and urban transformation processes.

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“…For å kunne danne slike rom er det en forutsetning at flere aktører ser et behov og kan dra nytte av å delta. Det leder til vårt sentrale spørsmål om hvordan forskning kan bidra i slike prosesser som både utfordrer og reorienterer eksisterende diskurser, bygger nettverk mellom ulike aktører og skaper arenaer for dialog (Egmose, 2016;Hölscher et al, 2021;Haarstad, et al, 2018).…”

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“…I denne artikkelen utforsker vi hvordan ulike aksjonsforskningsroller kan medvirke til å skape rom for dialog og samhandling mellom borgerinitiativer og ansatte i Oslo kommune for lokal (baerekraftig) samfunnsutvikling. Deltakende og engasjert forskning kan bidra til å reorientere diskurser om baerekraft og miljø-/klimautfordringer (Hölscher et al, 2021;Haarstad et al, 2018), og bidra til å understøtte politisk aktørskap og transformativ deltakelse (Refstie & Brun, 2016) og politisk kultur (B. Nielsen & Nielsen, 2006).…”

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Hvordan skapes rom for «omvendt deltakelse» i bærekraftig lokal samfunnsutvikling – aksjonsforskningens roller og bevegelser

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Paaby²

2021

Forskning og forandring

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Det er økende oppmerksomhet på potensialer for borgeres engasjement i bærekraftig omstilling og lokaliseringen av FNs bærekraftsmål. Flere forsknings- og policyrapporter etterlyser bedre forståelse for hvordan bærekraft kan «oversettes» og implementeres i lokal planlegging og handling. Bærekraftig samfunnsomstilling krever bedre forståelser for hvordan offentlige/kommunale systemer kan samarbeide med borgerinitiativer – samtidig som de lokale initiativene bevarer selvstendighet og lokal forankring. I denne artikkelen tar vi utgangspunkt i en aksjonsforskningsprosess med borgerinitiativer i Oslo og ByKuben, Oslo kommunes senter for byøkologi. Vi utforsker hvordan det kan skapes rom for deltakelse mellom borgere og kommunale planleggere med utgangspunkt i borgernes initiativer, og diskuterer hvilke roller aksjonsforskning kan ta i slike prosesser. Inspirert av omstillingsteori og teorier om rom for deltakelse og kritisk utopisk aksjonsforskning, diskuteres hvordan ulike forsker roller kan åpne rom for «omvendt deltakelse» i bærekraftig lokal samfunnsutvikling. Vi definerer dette som aksjonsforskerens «dobbeltbevegelser» mellom borgere og det kommunale system.

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Transformative social science? Modes of engagement in climate and energy solutions

Cited by 23 publications

References 37 publications

Teaming up for sustainability: Promoting sustainable mobility behaviour through sports clubs in Switzerland

Teaming up for sustainability: Promoting sustainable mobility behaviour through sports clubs in Switzerland

Populism, Instability, and Rupture in Sustainability Transformations

Hvordan skapes rom for «omvendt deltakelse» i bærekraftig lokal samfunnsutvikling – aksjonsforskningens roller og bevegelser

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